cov-canuck

Just a question...according to our bank (RBC), they are closed on the 13th of November. I'm assuming this is because Remembrance day (11th) falls on a Saturday. Is it just banks who have this day off, or is a provincial day off for everyone?

Just asking because my new job is supposed to start on the 13th (not in a bank), and I'm just wondering if it is only banks that don't work on that day, or if my new company may not have realised the date?

montreal mike

yes the banks are closed .. as if they needed yet another excuse. Also the federal govt. 'silly servants' can also stay home. Everybody else, you included, gets to go to work.

see link

http://www.bank-holidays.com/holidays_2006_495.htm

windward

ROFL - Don't sugar the pill too much now mike

Steve_P

Further to Mikes comments:

What are Ontario's public holidays

Ontario has eight public holidays:

• New Year's Day
• Good Friday
• Victoria Day
• Canada Day
• Labour Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day
• Boxing Day (December 26)

As you'll see Remembrance Day is not one of the eight.

More information available at the Ontario Ministry of Labor website as to who is eligible and all that.

Cheers
Steve

Judy in Calgary

Accidentally stumbled on this thread from November 11, 2005. Not pertinent to Ontario only. It gives some idea of the variety of ways in which Remembrance Day is observed in across Canada.

montreal mike

Actually Ontarians get off the first monday in august ... no idea what it called ,, in Quebec instead we get st jonnie the baptist day on june 24 .. I think both are provincial hols

I just foud a link

http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/s...t_holiday.html

Souvenir

Civic Holiday.

Remembrance Day is not a holiday in Quebec but it might as well be in Gatineau, given where most people work. Rather sweetly, I thought, they have named it after me: "Jour de Souvenir".

cov-canuck

OK, at least now I know! So 8 public days, same as the UK, with the potential for an extra few around Easter and August 1st, depending on the employer.

I suppose we shouldn't complain...my company starts me on 15 days, OH's company originally said 10 days, going up to 15 after 2 years, instead they came back with a "slightly" lower financial offer, but starting on 15 days holiday...a fair trade!

Steve_P

The information I put in my message is a direct cut and paste from the official Ontario Government website.

The August holiday is most likely a Civic holiday not provincial.

Judy in Calgary

According to the Ontario Ministry of Labour:


Edited to add that I did not notice Hangman's response when I posted mine.

willmore

Its called a civil holiday (canada)